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May 04, 2010 |
held for consideration in governmental operations |
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referred to governmental operations |
Assembly Bill A6661
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MILLER J
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A6661 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง837-o, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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A4664
2009-A6661 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6661 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 11, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MILLER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to full criminal back- ground checks for volunteer and paid firefighters THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 837-o of the executive law, as added by chapter 423 of the laws of 1999, subdivision 2 and paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 689 of the laws of 2002, is amended to read as follows: S 837-o. Search for [arson conviction] CRIMINAL records of [volunteer] firefighter applicants. 1. Any person, VOLUNTEER, PAID OR BOTH, who applies for membership in a fire company, as such term is defined in section three of the volunteer firefighters' benefit law, or who seeks to transfer as a member to another fire company, shall be required to authorize the submission of his or her name and other authorized identi- fying information to the division which shall search its files for ANY AND ALL CRIMINAL records [indicating whether the] PERTAINING TO SUCH person [stands convicted of the crime of arson]. The chief of the fire company to which application is made shall provide written notice to the applicant that a search will be conducted, and if the applicant desires to proceed, he or she shall complete a search request on the form provided for this purpose by the division of criminal justice services. 2. Within ten business days of receipt from the applicant, the chief of the fire company shall send the completed search request form to either (i) the sheriff's department of the county in which the fire company is located, or (ii) the department of state, office of fire prevention and control, as follows: (a) the sheriff's department of the county in which the fire company is located shall be responsible for receiving the search requests and processing the search requests with the division within ten business EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09692-01-9
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